Wall inset ironing table



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WALL INSET mourns TABLE Filed Aug. 27, 1938 2 She'e ts-Sheet 1 J 1i! NED 81 1 0177 c. a. NEWSTROM 2,201,701 WALL INSET IRONING TABLE Filed Aug. 27, 1938 2Sheets-Sh eet 2 C. if wensirom Patented May 21, 1940 PATENT QFFICE WALL INSET IRONING TABLE Carl E. Newstrom,.Marcell, Minn.

Application August 27,

2 Claims.

My invention provides an ironing table or board of the type adapted to be inset or built in to a wall of a building and, generally stated, consists of the novel devices, combination of devices and arran'gement of parts hereinafter defined and described in the claims.

The objects of the invention, briefly stated, are simplicity and cheap-ness of construction, easy manipulation and accessibility, rigidity of structure in use and neatness of appearance. The commercial form. of the improved ironing table is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective showing the improved ironing table and frame affording the support therefor and showing the ironing board turned up into a position out of use and out of the way;

Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1 but showing the board turned into an operative position;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective showing a portion of the hinged or inner end of the ironing board and adjacent portions of the supporting frame;

Fig. 4 is a section taken approximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is adetail in section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a section taken approximately on the line '66 of Fig. 1.

The support for the ironing board is a vertically elongated rectangular frame 10 preferably a wooden structure provided with casings H. Rigidly secured to and extending transversely of the vertically intermediate portion of the frame it! is a cross tie bar i2 preferably a wooden beam, nailed or otherwise rigidly secured to the sides of the frame It). The front face of this cross tie beam. [2 is set well back of the front edge of the frame ii].

The ironing board i3 is connected to the cross tie beam I2 by hinges M which permit the same to be freely moved from a vertical inoperative position within the frame, as best shown in Fig. 1, into a horizontal operative position shown in Fig. 2.

The frame it) is shown as provided with a back plate 15 which, nevertheless, may be omitted inasmuch as it is not a necessary part of the support for the ironing board. Also, the frame iii is preferably provided with a hinged door it which, when closed, will entirely cover and hide the ironing board.

1938, Serial No. 227,167

A vertical post ll, also preferably a wooden beam, is rigidly secured to the cross beam 12 at its upper end and to the bottom of the frame ID at its lower end. The front edge of this post i? is preferably flush with the front face of the cross beam #2. Extended parallel to but spaced from the post I! is a metallic guide strap I8, the flanged ends of which are rigidly secured to the post if by screws, nails, bolts, rivets, or the like.

To rigidly support the ironing board in a horizontal position, there is provided a supporting leg i9 that is pivoted to the under side of the board and has a guide element arranged to move in the guide way afforded by the post 11 and the strap I8.

This supporting leg is preferably made from a single piece of steel rod bent into approximately triangular form with its upper cross or transverse portion hingedly connected to the under side of the ironing board by metallic hinge brackets or keepers 2a. The depending downwardly converging sides of the leg 89 are inwardly bent to form trunnions 2| (see particularly Fig. 4) that are inserted in a roller 22 that is arranged to run in the guide way afforded by the post I! and guide strap IS. The sides of the lower ends of the leg is quite closely engage opposite sides of the guide strap l8 and they are tied together and held against lateral separation or contraction by a two-part metal clamp 23, the members of which, as shown, are clamped together by a small nutequipped bolt or rivet 24. Y

The extent of the guide way afforded by th post ii and strap 3 is such that the board can be freely turned up into its inoperative position shown in Fig. 1, but when the board is turned downward to an operative position shown in Fig. 2, the roller will engage the bottom flange of the strap 18 and the latter will act as a stop limiting the downward movement of the leg l9 and of the ironing board.

When the ironing board is turned to an upright position, it will, of course, be entirely within the frame and very little force will then be required to hold it in that position and against accidental dropping movements. As a simple means for preventing the board from dropping from its inoperative position it is shown as provided on one or both sides with spring clamping prongs 25,

ing leg I9, not only afiords a convenient coupling between the inturned ends of the leg, but reduces the frictional travel of the lower end of the leg in the guide way.

From the foregoing it is thought to be evident that the above described structure is not only extremely simple and of low cost construction but is efilcient for the purposes had in view. It may, of course, be commercially made as a complete unit at a factory and then quickly installed in a wall of a building in any place where the iron ing board would be found convenient. Also, it will be understood that the described structure may be modified as to details and arrangement of parts within the scope of the invention herein disclosed and claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In a table structure of the kind described, a rectangular frame having an intermediate transverse cross tie beam, and below said beam a vertical post extending therefrom to the bottom of said frame, an ironing board hinged to said cross tie beam for movements from upturned inoperative position to horizontal operative position and conversely, a vertical guide strap on said post cooperating therewith to form a vertical guide-way, and a supporting leg hinged to the under side of said board with its lower end slidably mounted in said guide-way, said leg engaging the bottom of said guide-way to limit the 'downward movement of said board to projected operative position, and

which supporting leg is a triangular formation with a transverse upper portion hinged to the bottom of the board and having downwardly converging side members that terminate in inturned trunnions and a roller that is journa-lled on said trunnions and works in said guide-way.

2. In a table structure of the kind described, a rectangular frame having an intermediate transverse cross tie beam, and below said beam a vertical post extending therefrom to the bottom. of said frame, an ironing board hinged to said cross tie beam for movements from upturned inoperative position to horizontal operative position and conversely, a vertical guide strap on said post cooperating therewith to form a vertical guide-way, and a supporting leg hinged to the under side of said board with its lower end slidably mounted in said guide-way, said leg engaging the bottom of said guide-Way to limit the downward movement of said board to projected operative position, and which supporting leg is a triangular formation with a transverse upper portion hinged to the bottom of the board and having downwardly converging side members that terminate in inturned trunnions and a roller that is journalled on said trunnions and works in said uide-way, and a clamp applied to the lower ends of the sides of said supporting leg outward of said guide-way and holding the trunnions of said leg within the roller.

CARL E. NEWSTROM. 

